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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Pippa Crerar

Only 1,000 Ukrainian refugees arrive in UK after 150,000 British families offer to help

Just over 1,000 Ukrainian refugees fleeing the Russian invasion have arrived in the UK as the Government’s sponsorship scheme struggles to get off the ground.

Families minister Will Quince admitted a “relatively low” number of displaced people from the war-torn country had been permitted entry through the visa route.

More than 150,000 British families are believed to have registered their interest in housing desperate Ukrainians but are set to be disappointed.

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